Queen Elizabeth II was the first of two sisters, She had four children, eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. This is her family tree visualized.
had only one sibling, Princess Margaret. She was four years younger than the queen, and died in 2002 at 71 years old. About two months later, their mother Queen Elizabeth passed away at 101.
The queen’s and Princess Margaret’s father was King George VI, who used one of his middle names as his royal name — his full name was Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor. He ruled from 1936 to 1952, when he died after a lung operation. As his elder daughter, the queen inherited the throne from him when she was 25.
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